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Business Development TeamOur business development team Stavros, Stephen, George P.and Augoustinos have done several visits abroad recently in anattempt to attract investments in Cyprus and bring new work tothe firm. Initial feedback is positive and more similar trips areplanned for the future in India, Ukraine and Russia.

Some interesting recent wins!Audit of the Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organisation for

the years 2012 -2016

Audits of Hamleys Toy store; ICAEW in Cyprus

Reviews of the expenses for the Department of: Antiquities,

Forests and that of Game and Fauna

Find Us on Facebook!

The likes on our Facebook page have increased to 157!

Special thanks to the Facebook team for their daily updates.The aim of this page is to inform staff and fans on: Activities inwhich the firm has participated; Upcoming events; Jobopportunities; Daily news and updates; Liaising with Cypriotsocieties in UK universities.

Interested in joining the Facebook team? Please contactAchilleas Achilleos.Please keep on spreading the word for our Facebook page!

Trainings & Conferences

January 2012

Welcome to our third edition of the firms newsletter! Hopefully everyone enjoyed theirChristmas holidays and spentvaluable time with friends and family. We wish you and your friends and family all the best for 2012!

The aim of this newsletter is to update you will all recent activities and news of the firm as well as for any future

events.

In November Stavros and Augoustinos

visited Los Angeles and attended the

National annual partner meetings as well

as the global GTi conference where our

strategies were discussed and our new

global brand promise was announced-'unlocking the potential for growth'.

You will be hearing more of this and about

our new tagline soon!Elena Aristidou attended a GTi HR trip in

France

Froso and Melpo attended a GTi event in

the UK for propose to win

Froso and Antoni presented to us a

engage to win seminar

Antoni presented the following courses:

Mastering the first year

Mastering the associate role

IFRS capital assets, impairments,

leases, and provisions

Assurance workshop

Antonis regularly attends, Centra

webcasts, online periodic IFRS technical

developments updates via GTInet and

IASB webcasts and online IFRS technical

updates on new IFRS developments

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- We visited the Donkey sanctuary,

adopted our own Donkey, Hercules!

- We collected food, warm clothes and

blankets and gave these to the

Nicosia Dog shelter

- We arranged a Tree planting event,

planted purples trees, the first step to

the creation of our own Grant

Thornton Park!

- Had a great time at Golden Habana!

- The GTeam promises more similar

actions for the near future.

- Staff involvement will be needed for

making a difference each day to us

and our society! We will continue to

help those in need as well as arrange

for staff events and outings! Your

ideas are always welcome!

Discount SchemeYou can find a list of all shops we canobtain discounts from on our server. Ifyou have any ideas or contacts whichwould be interested in offering discountsfor the staff please inform Achilleas

Your Feedback!Use the EQCMs Recommendation formto suggest anything on any issue relatingthe office and hand it to a partner or atthe reception if you wish this to beanonymous.

Notes from the GTeam

Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe firm and the GTeam have been very active recently. Below are some of the activities undertaken:

Bake a difference on the 16/12 was a great success, thanks to all. The money collected has gone to charity

We were overwhelmed with the clothes and toys the staff brought in, all of which were given to those in need

We have helped financially several charities (Steliou Ioannou Foundation, Radiomarathon, Donkey shelter etc)

Green office - please continue recycling paper, plastic and batteries as our contribution to the environmentThanks to our supplier Quality Paper who supplied us with toys, books etc which we donated to childrens homes

Thanks to all those who volunteered for the smart and innovative idea for the Casual Frida Scheme!

Various events for the launch of our new tagline

We are organising an event with fun, games and action, similar

to the weekend in Pafos in 2011, will let you know details soon!

The GTeam is considering a tree planting event in Limassol

The GTeam will arrange for more nights out!

Let us have your ideas for any upcoming events!

Upcoming Events

Brand Awareness Activities

Our firms recent main marketing & advertising activities:Achilleas interview in Phileleftheros regarding our CSRactivitiesDeal for an advert in Cyprus Airways Business classmagazine, Apollo for the first quarter of 2012Advert of our services in the InBusiness services guideSponsoring of the Hilton Park room cards and a pyramidleaflet in the rooms and other banners in the hotelSeveral press releases for the various eventsOur successful tree planting event was on Sigma newsAdverts in AccountancyCyprus magazineOur Tax Facts Application for iPhone/iPadsOur Tax Facts are on a banner onwww.eurokerdos.com

Messengers new Smart car and logos on scooterWe attended the English School Careers dayWe continuously give out the various promotional itemsWe gave our training room to an A Level economics exammarker to give a speech to Economics A Level studentsAdvert in a new newspaper belonging to a client

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Secondment Tasos in ChicagoSince my last update I have travelled to Washington and was able to see the White House up close, the

Washington Monument, Capitol Hill and even the Pentagon. It was during a visit to one of our clients storagefacilities which was extremely large; it was around 1,000,000 square feet and was located in a small town inMaryland. This client sells products worldwide and brands that are well known such as Pyrex. I was also able to

visit their production plant and watched how Pyrex is made. It was very interesting and was like a Discovery

Channel show. I have also visited Pittsburg and Indiana for work. It is becoming quite cold now in Chicago andthe temperature is rarely above freezing but I have adjusted to the climate however I have heard the worst is yetto come and in January and February will be the worst months so I am preparing myself.

Vision

Our global vision:

Empowered people providing

bold leadership and distinctiveclient service worldwide

Values

PRIZE: This time the prize will be a one night accommodation for

Vision and Values Quiz

Using the table below, identify the related/synonymous wordsfor each Value on the bottom left of the page. Also, using thecircled letters on the table, complete the words/phrase below.

Send your answers to Maria Papiri by 9th

January. Correctanswers will be entered into a draw!

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